Vote Flips 5 Times From Dem to Rep for Voter in Yet Another WV County

Epidemic of ES&S iVotronic Touch-Screen Voting Machine Failures - Now in At Least Two States - Continues to Grow...

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From WV’s Sunday Gazette Mail today, yet another report of vote-flipping on ES&S iVotronic touch-screen machines…

Martinsburg man says machine switched Democratic vote to Republican 5 times

Roger Belozier, a veteran and retired postal worker from Berkeley County, experienced problems with electronic voting machines when he went to vote early in the Martinsburg courthouse.

“I reviewed my vote to make sure it was a straight Democratic ticket. But it switched my vote to Republican candidates five different times. I was able to cancel out the Republican votes.

“But I am scratching my head. Why did the machine switch my votes five different times? I asked someone to come over and explain it to me,” Belozier said on Wednesday.

“I am concerned about a lot of people who might not notice or people who might be intimidated. They have to raise their hands and ask for some help.”

Every county was told by the SOS to recalibrate all touch-screen machines. This is the ES&S iVotronic machine again and it appears the voter voted straight-party, in this case, as we have warned against, but that’s not entirely clear from the article.

Today’s report follows reports within the last week of votes flipping from Democratic to Republican (or other) candidates on ES&S iVotronics touch-screens in at least two different WV counties, and in Davidson County (Nashville), TN. Just yesterday, there was a report of votes flipping, on the same machines, from Republican to Democratic in Decatur County, TN.

Enough! We’ve called for these machines to be immediately impounded, and taken out of service — just as the GOP called for when Sen. Rick Santorum (R-PA) received similar reports of touch-screen votes flipping during his unsuccessful 2006 re-election attempt — and for paper ballots to be made available to all voters instead. To date, neither the Democrats nor the Republicans have called for the impounding/removal of these failed voting machines. ES&S is the largest voting equipment supplier in the nation, with systems in dozens of states.

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    NH said on 10/23/2008 @ 5:24pm PT: [Permalink]

    This guy is a shill for Ariana Huffington.

    Voter fraud is rampant especially in NH even without ACORN.

    http://www.cnht.org tells the story

    It is what sidelined Ron Paul in the primaries.

    Brad is a FRAUD.

    ACORN is under investigation in 15 states and has submitted THOUSANDS of bogus registration.

  2. 2)
    Phil said on 10/23/2008 @ 7:30pm PT: [Permalink]

    I’d like to interrupt this nonsense to bring you the following opinion…

    Under investigation is not equal to being convicted. Although it might FEEL like it sometimes.

    ACORN may well be under investigation, yet there is still a lingering question as to the political motivation behind the source of the investigation.

    ACORN ITSELF DOCUMENTED which registrations it thought were bogus. (At great financial expense.)

    ACORN ITSELF DEFRAUDED by the contractors who turned in extra names on their sheet to get paid.

    And finally the URL http://www.cnht.org
    FAILS TO NAME ONE CONVICTION OF SOME BODY WHO VOTED IMPROPERLY.

    Nor does that website tie in to BRAD specifically.
    (At least via it’s own atomz search)

    I would have to conclude Brad is NOT a FRAUD

    Now back to your regularly scheduled program….

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    youngharry said on 10/23/2008 @ 11:21pm PT: [Permalink]

    NH, you are nothing more than a propagandist hired to spread disinformation.

    Brad is absolutely right that machines that flip votes need to be “Impounded and immediately taken out of service”.

    Enough with these illegal attempts to deprive American citizens of their Constitutionally guaranteed rights.

  4. 4)
    czaragorn said on 10/24/2008 @ 10:06am PT: [Permalink]

    It looks suspiciously like the Dims and the Repugs are all satisfied with the eventual result of the “final tabulation.” O’Bama’s going to “win,” I would venture to predict, and so he doesn’t care, although his majorities in both houses of the ontress will certainly be smaller than it would be of the votes were accurately recorded, counted, and tabulated. We’re all being played for za bunch of stooges, I fear…

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    czaragorn said on 10/24/2008 @ 10:08am PT: [Permalink]

    Sorry folks, but it’s hard to type well when one’s cat is sleeping on half of the keyboard…

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    Unhappy Camper said on 10/24/2008 @ 12:46pm PT: [Permalink]

    THERE IS NO VOTE FLIPPING UNLESS WE HAVE A VIDEO OF VOTE FLIPPING. PEOPLE NEED TO CARRY A CELL PHONE OR CAMERA INTO THE EARLY VOTING POLLS AND VIDEO THEIR VOTE. IF SOMEONE VIDEO TAPES VOTE FLIPPING, DO NOT TELL THE POLL WORKERS YOU HAVE VIDEO. HIDE YOUR CELL/CAMERA AND LEAVE THE BUILDING. POST THE VIDEO ON THE INTENET AND WE GOT ‘EM

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